alternative investments

Nationals round-up: The usual favourites dominated the headlines, including interest rates, weighing up cash and equities and the future of gold. There was also a look at some alternative investments, while investors were told how they can get some of...

In a new series for Professional Adviser, each month we will bring you a snapshot of the views of Cazenove multi-manager head Marcus Brookes and co-manager Robin McDonald

The Carbon Advice Group (CAG) has defended carbon credit trading after the police issued a warning about ethical investment boiler room scams.

Foreign boiler room scams are conning British customers out of millions of pounds a year by claiming they are promoting ethical investments in forests, bio-fuels and carbon credits, police warn.

BSkyB is set to return £750m to shareholders in share buybacks, in a bid to compensate investors after News Corp was forced to abandon acquisition plans for the broadcasting company.

Real estate has been confirmed as the primary focus for European pension funds. The European Institutional Asset Management Survey (EIAMS), now in its 11th year, confirms that this sector maintains not only its primary position in investor portfolios...

Heath Reidy investigates the investment potential of music festivals.

Consultancy firm Clara Capital has launched a comparison site for alternative investments, Clara Compare, as a tool to help advisers meet the FSA's widened requirements for independence post-RDR.

IT PAYS TO BE A 'FUNCTIONAL PSYCHOPATH'

Barclays Capital has launched the latest tranche of its euro and sterling structured deposits.